Interior of control box for Camelon swing bridge.

Maker
A C Brown
Production date
Post 1900
 Description
The interior of the swing bridge control box, showing the various controls: the winch for the cable which swung the bridge; the control for the electric motor; and the lever controlling the bolts which locked the bridge open or shut.
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Department
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Maker
Production date
Post 1900
Subject person
Subject place
Camelon Bridge Control Box/Forth and Clyde Canal/Camelon/Falkirk area
Subject notes
This swing bridge was built in 1905, replacing an earlier bascule bridge, to allow Falkirk trams to cross the canal.
Accession number
P00286

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